The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF Tin PUBLIC JOURNALS. • If any thing could weaken our feelings of compassion for the working claws of this country:when plunged into want, it would be the conduct of large bodies among them while employment and comfort are actually in their power. The iseuneymen and women throughout the north of England,. `were, during the war, when large wages were paid, and the people importuned to earn them, accused of the most heedless insolence and extravagance—of spending all they got in drink and finery, and at the first moment of a de cline in trade, throwing themselves upon the parish for subsistence: but this is not altogether what we complain ef. Petty farmers, swelled into gentlemen throughout the progressive advances of rent which followed each other from 1797 to 1812—the middling men of business, petty merchants, and dapper clerks, as they handled larger bun dles of bank -notes, began to think that there would be no end of the growth of that in which they had been taught that wealth consisted; they one and all strutted about and looked big, and talked confidently, and' flung about the pa per freely. Such swaggerers, therefore, were just as im prudent as the poor journeymen, who lived from hand to mouth, and, under the stimulus of an hilarity new to his condition, spent thoughtlessly the income which it cost him no: trouble to gain. Those who make extravagance a crime in labourers, while they laugh at in educated idlers es, a folly, have strange notions about the standard of wright and wrong. No; that for which we most con demn the working classes, is no, kin to joyous careless ness or gaiety of diaposition. Their true reproach is one . proceeding from a dogged and tyrannical spirit, iniquitous towards their .employers, and grossly op pressive towards each other. • Theinanner in which their combinations :are carried on, Appears to us a rank disgrace to the community. They are not satisfied with voluntary leagues, and an enforcement of common measures by those who are parties to them, for the common benefit of such parties. Their system is, to rob every journeyman of his bread, who will not be their confederate ; and, virtually to drive all masters out, of the trade, who attempt to manage it by giving employment to the recusants. This must be' resisted, or the master tradesman, as well as the non-combirfing workman, will look with envy on the sub jects of an Egyptian Bitahaw, The shoe-makers of Lon don are now in one of these somewhat frequent paroxysms. Because a:master did not turn out of work an unfortunate jour neyman, who, it vial the pleasure of these members of a revolutionary tribunal, should be condemned to famish, they, therefor a , one and all, quitted the employment of this offer: ding master, and further prevailed upon the jourr. - qm „ p , who had been working for 22 other masters, v,si abandon the business by which they were earning high wages for their families, because, indeed, these 22 em ployers were so unreasonable as to refuse work to tiny Members of that particular society whoie rule it was to inflict upon masters and men a yoke so audacious and in toletable.:. We publish a report of some of their proceed ings, and refer our readers to it. We should like to see a score or two of these follows, for just one week, chang ing places with the same number of patient sufferers in the north of England. If such a prescription did not cure them, it is plain that the tread-mill would have little chance.—Tintes. Gold continues to arrive in this country. from all _ parts of Europe. A remittance worth .1.50,000/. is shortly ex- ' petted from St. Petersburgh, in a Russian ship of war, and the greater part of it is said to be the produce of gold mints lately discovered near Tobolsk, in Siberia, and which are the property of the Russian Govern ment. The account of so early and so hiige a return is a little difficult to believe, but 'as we have the fact from the merchant to whom the gold is con signed, we cannot entertain any doubt respecting it.— Other consignments to the same quarter are expected from Prussia, so that an opinion we have frequently heard expressed seems in a fair way of being realized, viz. that if a deMand for gold existed in England, the effect would ho , to drain the Continent' of the precious metal*. was industriously reported yotiterdtly tat 'Change, 1 that a firm of some cotinnercial eminence had stopped Payment, but it proved without foundation, at least as applicable to any mercantile house of high character. There' is less danger now, by far, as it ' appears to us,. of such an event, than has been the case for a very long time put. One result of the superabimdance .of eapitel has been to indOce gradually a greater degree of confidence in each other, on the part of the merchants generally; because when the employment of money with borrowers of first-rate credit begins to be cir cumscribed, it is natural to select some merchants of the scond and third class, to whom similar fitci lities may with safety be extended. This principle, wee, in action ' spreads itself rapidly. Prom the discount 'of bill ' s under such circumstances, it is an easy step to , make advances on goods, and thus by imperceptible degrees, the whole commercial machine, unless some new check occurs, is again set in metion.— Thie.state of things forms a species of security against the failure of any house - of great resources, and it may at once I be safely concluded, either that such reports are untrue, or that the failure is of no general importance. A short time back money was scarce, and credit almost annihilated, l sio .that houses of character, though possessed of very large stocks of goods, were in constant :peril unless re sources in money were within their immediate controul.— There is something so contrary to the spirit of English good humour, and the prescriptive freedom of election time, in the eagerness with which Mr. Alderman Wood Still pursues the printer of MI election squib, that we would almost be induced to believe that, he hes become heartily ashamed of the " liberal creed," and wishes to shoW that he can fie as arbitrary as any man, where his own interests are concerned. And what is this squib which has excited so much " patriotic" indignation '? We inserted it in our Guildhall report, for the edification of our readers. It is a poetic scrap worthy of an election album, and, as an effort•of the Muse, equal to about nine-tenths of the effusions which the Castalian fountains, that always flow in the neighbourhood of a contested election, inspire.— If the worthy Alderman were suddenly seized with a direful aversion to all bad poetry, and had undertaken to exterminate it by force of arms, as the Knight of ,La ',Mancha sallied forth to subdue all monsters, what it Her tidean task be hai imposed upon himself! IloWever, we suspect this not to he the case, as he looks with the most tolerant eye upon the bad poetry, of which his own Com mittee were the advelituroos fabricators. Well might all Grub-street tremble, and the Seven Dials fear that its population of maiiiifaeturers of verses would become as distreased as the artisans of Spittilfields or Manchester, if all songs and lyricalAyroducttons, of equal merit with that which Alderman Wood persecutes, were to be put down by the strong arm of the law. Then would it be necessary to raise another subscription, for, the express purpose of supporting ell those who manufacture poetry by the acre, or sell it by the yard, in th e e l ess le a l retions to which we have adverted. Row would the' Arcaiba of London then be silent!--410w would the Moses b e seen `weeping over their deserted bowers! " But it is not in tended," say the friendis of the Aldirman, : anxioui to set us right on this subject; " it is note intended to qu a s h, by this proceediog, the whole ma4nerY,of poetic liters ture, even at eleetion time ----Were we we only resolv e d to s i- Nice every unpatriotic' bard who Sings against us ; but all those who tune their voices in our favour, shall me e t . N, for our t, w ith encouragement and appla use."oe o t w should. con ten d we think it better and fairer that p hen that the humble 'against poet to the cod of time, t children or song. should be ferrette d out by the sharp. 'fanged gentlemen of the law, and c onsigned to durance vile b e cause their "inspiration" may . .so far m islead them ence to deran as to choose some other idol in prefer „ d m not Wood. But then we a re told it is the printer A , l an the poet, who has been the subject of the, proceeding s at se ,„ Guildhall. True • but did not the Alderman hi ma that the only motive of those proceedings was " W obtain the name of the author" of the squib ? I en n other words, the law was only employed as a sort of gine of torture, to extort from the printer the important secret of the poet's name—that he, no doubt, might receive the full Measure of " liberal vengeance''' for presuming to make the Alderman's name " the sad burden of a merry Song.''_ What a becoming eMployment for the - City Solicitor! .It is worth observing, too, that the offence, by means of which the Alderman and his advisers got ' the printer within the grasp of a penal 'statute, is one that . his own Committee felt no scruple' to commit, as Mr. Robarts, the defendant, showed, by producing a bnndle of placards -of Alderman Wood's, without the printer's name or address. But the City Solicitor told him that the offence of another was no justification of his own. This argument, coming from any other quarter, might be sound logic ; but to be made use of by the Alderman's party, shows little of either modesty or wisdom. It was once a maxim of Bri tish law, that suitors ought to come into Court with clean hands.—Morning Herald. Persons who have the best means of information in the City assert that an important improvement has commenced in the manufacturing districts, that, trade is reviving, and that the markets are becoming relieved of goods. We believe this to be the case to a certain extent, but we must again warn the country against too sanguine expee tations of amendment. A' convulsion in commerce like that we have experienced, the worst symptoms of which we trust . may .now be considered as over, cannot pass away like a summer cloud. Many relapses' must occur before• commerce can be ,placed upon a sound footing, and before those principles are brought into operation that will so materially tend to prevent a recurrence of the tbs.. tress that has been and still is so . severely felt. There is one fact connected with the commercial difficulties of the present year that is worth remarking upon—that through- Out the whole of them the Ministers have never lost their popularity ; which proves, probably as strongly as any individual circumstance can do, the progress that know ledge and liberal opinions are making amongst us. How , ever trifling may have been the influence that the Non- Restrictive System has had upon the existing state of Commerce, we all know that there have been monopolists in abundance ready to descant on its evil effects, and to assert roundly that the whole of our embarrasements have arisen from the change in our commercial system. It is. evident that the great mass of the reflecting portion of the community must have. approved, in the first instance, of this alteration, and must continue to feel the necessity of its adoption ' • for, if the contrary were the case, discon tent would have been extensively abroad, and unmea anted censure would have. been the reward of the Go vernment. This absence of discontent is also a proof of the increasing intelligence amongst the operatives them selves; for, if there did not exist in this class a strong predilection in favour of the measures of Ministers, and their unfeigned endeavours for the public welfare were not appreciated, the; ebullitions of the people would have gone much further than to the destruction of a few power looins and silk-manufactories.—British Press. On Saturday the Times announced,' in act:tilts of pro phetic woe, the rapid downfall of English power and wealth—that downfall too produced 'by our monopoly laws, and the extravagance of our Ministers. Already the scene has shifted. Ruin, forsooth, is still before us and around us ; but there is vouchsafed to us the consolation Of not having to accuse ()wolves. We are now told that *ere is nobody to blame--that we are in distress, because (sublime discovery !) the "supply' exceeds the demand" —that this state of things proceeds not from accidental, but from general and permanent, causes—and that; even if the present crisis Should pass away, any gleam of sun• 'shine that may ,succeed, will soon; be followed by another season of darkness. Such is the altered tone of those marvellous hicubretions, which are fitted to excite surprise in many respects, but in no respect more thanby the difficulty ,of guessing who are the persons who read, or pretend to read, them: It is 'fitting that we shoidd be thankful for ,the retractation, or rather the non-repetition of the en tumnies Which were before thrown out against Ministers, andour,lows; but we arc not quite sure that wo Wiitild not prefer the unintelligible jargon of host` week, to the pompous common places of this. The sappy exceeds the demand! And what of that ? Has not. the same thing happened thousands of times ? Does it not happen, from time to time, and in a greater or less degree , in almost. every branch of commerce and manufactures ? 'Such ge neral forms of words throw no light upon either the past or the, future. The points which are of importance to be considered, are—Does the disproportion between the supply . and the demand extend almost equally through . the principal articles of commerce, or is it partial and un-' equal in the different branches of trade ? )Elias it come on slowly, and gradually, or was it sudden and rapid in its approach ? Was it preceded by a period of great activity and prosperity, or does it follow an interval of languor and depression ? Has it been occasioned by , excess of produe ' lion, or by a :diminution of the demand? In so far as it I may have arisen from a diMinution of deMand, by what has that diminution been.caused ? Whether, by a general dimi nution of consumption, or by the interference of successful rivals, driving us put of this or that market, or 1 4 the lock ing up of capital,and the existence of temporary obstructions to its ready employment? .Those are only a , feW of the topics, which must be well weighed ,by • all . who would form a sound judgment on the nature of the temporary distresses with which we have had to struggle; We say, have had to struggle; because, so far as probabilities afford a ground for forming an opinion, we think that the worst preasure, of the evil is gone. by. When the nation has babre it,inzpending difficulties, we shall be the last to con ceal those difficulties from it. But alarm and fear were never wise counsellors; and we look upon all, who, either from folly, or from design, propagate unnecessary terrors, as disturbers of the piiblic .pesee, and prolongers.of the very evil, the increase of Which, they affect to diea&— New Time:. , . LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Awl. 3. Thomas ilolden, of Blackburn, who had been remanded last week, to give a more satisfactory account of his property, WU brought up to.day—several affidavits were put in, stating that he bad omitted in his schedule several sums of money which he had received. The insolvent said, that he did not deem it necessary to notice the sums alluded to, at he had paid them in 'liquidation of de- mends against him. Mr. HEATH contended, that the insolvent was not entitled to his discharge, for omitting to give a full and correct statement of his affairs. • Mr. CooKE, on behalf of the insolvent, said that the debts of his client were not considerable, and that his insolvency arose from the bankruptcy of Mr. Smith. There was no evidence of his attempting to conceal any of his property; lie therefore sub mitted that he was entitled to his discharge, The CHIEF Comaussronza said, that the part of the insolvent having come a distance of , 200 mike, in order to be arrested by his brother, was enough to excite suspicions of collusion if a de tainer had not been lodged against him , the Court shouldlutve dis missed his petition—however he should not be discharged until he bad given a mare satisfactory account of his property. David . Carter and George Binglunn, were brought up for judg,inent,' and the farmer was sentenced to be imprisoned for six calendar months, and the latter eight months, for having fraudu, lently made away with their properties to the prejudice of their creditors. ......---..,.......—..--,,,..--,—,, . . FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNI.—A Cornish Cler 7 Rimini having &dispute concerning several shares in different mines, found it nereisary to send for s London lawyer, to have some con versation w i t h t h e w i tnesses , , exam i n c the title-deeds, view the Premiss*, Ise. The divine very soon found. that his legal assistant was asgreet , n acoundrel as ever was struck off the rolls.. However, as he thought thi s k nowle d ge m i ght b e use ful, papers, took him to con we the surveyor's drawing with the situation of the pit, Are. rope which he held tight i n his hand, When in one of these excursions" the profeseional gentlenUm was descending a deep shaft by means of a he showed bun his who stood st the top, ." Doctor, as you have not confined your he called out to the parson studies to geography, but know all thingli from the surface to the centre, .pray how far is it from this to the pit hi the infernal r O . • gioner •—" 1 cannot exactly ast tse u t i n t h e di s r eeet ,, ,, r e plied the divine, " but 14 go' your held, end you'll be therein a Ininnte." - American Paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—One Mrs. Anse Feller, a very disereet- 14king matron, was brought before Mr, Alderman Anso' yes : - today morning, charged with very unnuttronlike conduct towards one 'of the City watchmen. ' It appeared by the evidence of the watchmen, that between: twelve and one o'oloek in the morning, just as the citizens hid pretty. well: settled themselves down to sleep, and he was standing at the end of Alaidenhead-court, in Aldersgate-street, " quietly waiting fur the half hour," this Mrs.. Fuller came strag gling up to him, anditaid, " Watchmen, where are my lodg ings ?" The watchman thought this was a mighty que er ki n d o f a question, for Mrs. Fuller .was an entire stranger to him. " I don't know where your lodgings are, my good woman," he re plied. "-It's a lie !" my good man," rejoined Mrs. Fuller, and so - saying she straggled away from him again; whilst lie congratu lated himself upon having got rid of her so easily. Presently, however, she came to him with a.--- 4 ‘ I sity, watchman, whathave you done with my child ?" . ".I know nothing about your child# my good wntuan,' , he replied. To which Mrs. Fuller rejnined, as before, " It's &lie !,my good man !" The watchman, upon this, began to grow angry, and desired Mrs. Feller to go along about her business, and not be bothering him with such nonsense ;—where upon Mrs. Fuller, attempted to box his ears, end then he thought it was high time to provide her with &lodging in the watch-house, and so he did. This was the substance of his evidence, and he added, that when he returned from shutting Mrs. Fuller in the watch-house, lie found a trunk in the passage to a court on his beat, which trunk Mrs. Fuller had since claimed as her property. Mrs. Fuller, in her defence, admitted the feels charged--.-at least she did not deny them. She said she had been on a visit to a friend at Pentonville, and having stopped rather later, than she ought to do, she not only forgot to bring her child away with her, but also forgot where her lodgings where ; and these forgetting , ' led to her misconduct towards the watchmen ; for all which She was very sorryi and attributed it to her having taken a " leetle" too much after supper, in consequence of the recent death of her husband!" • . The Alderman admonished her to. tsmduct herself more deco rously in future ; and, upon her promising so to do, .she was dis charged. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—A gentleman,. who gave his name, James Forbes, charged Thomas Warboy, a driver of one of Salmon and Bull's Paddington stages, with an assault and abuse. Mr. Forbes stated, that on Wednesday he got upon defendant's coach at the top of Tottenham-court-road, for the purpose of pro ceeding to Islington. The coachman remaining at the door of the public-house a most , unreasonable time, and his patience be ing exhausted, he naade an attempt to leave his seat, and go by another coach which was passing. Warboy, perceiving his in tention, came up to, him, collared him, insisted on being paid whe ther he rode or not, and called hind the most opprobrious names. As a crowd was collecting, and the coachman's conduct increased in violence, Mr. Forbes . thought it better to submit to , the then present circumstances, and bring him at a future time before the Magistrates, which he now did, net from a vindictive feeling, but as a duty he on•ed to the public. • ' The coachman said, he only waited to take up a passenger,—. There was no unnecessary deley ; the gentleman was very hasty, and gave as much abuse as he received. "He called me a thief and a blackguard." Mr. Rawt.trisori.—Do you wonder at it, After you had seized him by the collar? Is there any depredation or insult which some of your fraternity have not been guilty of? I shall tine you 40s, for ill-behaviour to your fare. 1 After leaving the office, Mr. Forbes returned to Mr. Rawlinson, requesting a mitigation of the fine, in consequence of the coach [ Man's contrition, and Mr. Itawlinson reduced it to tOs. AIARI.BOROUGICSTREET.—Mr. Ryan, a tali Irishinati, who exhibited a . most pertinacious adherence to uniformity of dress, inasmuch as his shoes, linen, and suit of ci-devant black were exactly of the same hue, was charged by a Mr. Fleet with sinking him. The complainant stated that last night he called on a friend of his, a publican, and the prisoner was there treating some low Irish. He threw down 171. 10s. in sovereigns and silver, to treat them with: Witneis, the publican, and several others, per suaded him, as he was very drunk, toleavo the money at the bar, but he refused and was leaving the house; when the publican re quested witness to accompany him home. He went out, and was with him two hours for that purpose. The prisoner gave hint several wrong addresses, to which witness attended him, and l op turning a corner, the prisoner turned round, collared, and ac cused witness. of rubbing him of 12/. and gave hint in charge to the watch. When, however, theY got to the watch-honee, the prisoner bad all hits money in his own pocket, and witness in his turn ehnoced . .the poisoner with the assault. Mr. lloer questioned the prisoner as to his residence and pro fession, and after considerable hesitation he said, that he was a hair-dresser, and that he worked' for the Opera House, and all the Bishops on the bench, but he gave a very lame account of his residence. Mr. Fleet said that if the priioner would apologize by adver tisement, and satisfy the watchmen for their loss of time, be would not press the care. Mr. Roe then fined the prisoner 51. for being drunk, and sa. to the defendant to give, if he chose, to the watchmen. The prisoner said he would rather find bail, which he could get for a thousand pounds; he however soon afterwards returned with Mr.' Fleet, who expressed himself satisfied, and the generous barber was discharged after paying the fines. UNION-HALL.—The proprietor and driver 'of No. 612, hackney-chariot, named Richard Gower, was summoned for de , . mantling more than his legal fare from Major Fleynoldiiimder these circumstances. The complainant stated that a few evenings ago, he hired the defendant's coach on one of the stands in .Bishopsgate-street, to take him to Vauxhall Gardens. When they reached the admit tance gate,' on inquiring what the fare was, ;the defendant de manded five shillings. This, the Major was inclined to believe, was an exorbitant charge; and, fur a few moments, declined giving it, but at length was induced to hand him five shillings, saying at the same time that he would have the affair investigated, believing the demand more than the regslar fare. 'On the Magistrate referring to the hook of fares, it was found that the charge ought only to have been Ss. 6d., he thereupon fined the hackney-coachman 20s. and costa. The share of the fine belonging to Major Reynolds was given to the distressed weavers. Letters from Warsaw state that a society of learned men there are about to undertake a French translation of the Talmud of Babylon. This will be a most curious work, as the Talmud has never before been translated, not even into Latin.... French Paper. At the Sturininster . (Dorset ) Petty Seisiotis,' on Monday last, another conviction took place under the new Act for protecting gardens and orchards against robbery. George Ayres, of. Skillingstone, charged a respectable-looking man of the name of Minchingsion, with having stolen from his garden seven CM cumbers. The offence was clearly proved by a person : who saw him steal them. When charged with the fact he denied it, but the cucumbers were found upon him. The Magistrate said Adis cretionery power was vested in them under the new Act of Par liament, And they fined him Isd. (three times .the value of the cucumbers) and the costs. If this deeision be compared with that which Magistrates of the same county came to on Saturday, under r.he name Act , when fourjittle.boys, of about seven or eight fo seers taking o age, u m p;l r e e s frond committed Chamberlain,. to gaol, and placed in the tread - mill; the garden of the Rev. Mr. Chamberlain,. it will show plainly enough' the danger of this discretionary spe cies of legislature. The old thief escapes with impunity, the poor simple and deluded little boys are probably ruined for life. USEFUL INVENTION TO SEAFARING MEN A boat has been construeted --- .at South Shields, by James Nattier, Esq. of that place, to be carried by a vessel, possessing the advan tage of both a long tun' a life boat. It has, been tried, and found to weigh an anchor, carry w e ight, &e. superior to an ordinary long boat; and as *life boat, though it should ship a ilea and 611 will; water, it is capable of bearing 'a crew more numerous than thi vessel of which it is now' on board. This was known .by filling it with water, after which it a uppurted,ivithout sinking, nearly one ton weight. A short time ago it .was, with an adventuroui crew, placed on Tynemouth bar, when a six-foot sea was breaking across it, aml thoughit was put into every hazardous position, there wasfound no occas i on tubed it. To complete this.boat there has been added to it a 4 f launching frame," to enable the crew safely to place it in the water during a high s ea ,. which will completely prevent it front getting Stove, as is unfortunately but too common in cases of emer4 gency. On the 22t1 ult.. it was fixed in her stati on on b oar d t he Mary, when th e i nventor , una ided, launched i t f rom t h e d ec ks, with four of th e crew on bo ard, to the astonishment of a Dumber of spectators, in little more than one minute. Every sestruM will be able to appreciate the advantage of, this discovery. Wi th ail these advantage.sthis boat has only cost 6/. inure than an o rdir nary long boat o f h er s i ze . The vessel has nowrsailed, and th e crew are in high spirits w ith their acquisition. We understand ,the inv e ntor tntenda ,ahattly, tolay:Alle plan •of hGth heat na to launching-f rame b e f ore t h e pu bli c , .i * shape that; it, l ikely , facilitate their general adoption. ITUNntit.sTortm. - - The dry weather that we have all been complaining of has given way rather late; but following .the adage that " it never rains but it pours," it has gone off at last with a vengeance. The storm of last' night was one of the most determined that has visited, London for some time. Many partaof, the town which .lie low were, for several 641/, perfectly inundated, the water pouting down the areas and iiito the cellars and kitchens of the inhabitants. New Bridge-streets et midnight, afforded a singular spec tacle, the whole road, for Mare than 100 yards, in length, between •Water-street and tride-lane, being flooded up to the top of the paveMent on both sides of the way, so as to present the aspect of a considerable river. About the deeper parts, towards the elitist. nels, common wherries might literally have been floated without difficulty ; and, the front wheels of the hackney-coaches were in water up.tO the ails. in passing through them. From twelve to one o'clock, the lightning waaremarkably vivid; and the owners of the new shot tower at Waterloo-bridge must have been under sonic anxiety, more than once, about thir iron staircase.. Although the steed was not stolen t his time, perhaps they will take the precaution of shutting the stable-door, and put up a conductor. Two o'clock being the time of high water at `London-bridge, if the 'rain, had fallen an hour and a half later, it is likely considerable damage would have been done to the sewers ; especially as many of them were already choked from the long continuance of the dry weather. As it was, the wet, if it was gene ral, will probably have done some mischief in those parts of the country where the harvest has not been entirely got in. But; notwithstanding the profusion and vivid ness of the lightning, at the hour when our paper went to press, we had not heard of any .accidents from it in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. CITY.--A Requisition to the Lord Mayor is nowt handing about for signatures in the City, requesting his Lordship to take the earliest opportunity of calling a Common, Hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning his Majesty immediately to convoke the Parliament, in order that the Legislature of the country may be enabled to abolish the Corn Laws, to which the requisitionists attribute, in a great measure, . the present miserable date of the working people. It is thought that petitions like the one here talked of will not be at all dil -1 agreeable to the Ministry, who, it is evident, from the proceedings of last Session, would gladly get rid of the Corn Laws, pro viding they were so far backed by the people and the mercantile and manufacturing interest, as to enable them to brave the anger of the landed aristocracy, who have hitherto acted as the lords and roasters of the Administration, and of the country.--Morn ing Herald. DRURY LANE THEATRE.—FOr the peculiar be nefit of the London Newspapers we beg leave to contradict every statement they have made of die manner in which this concern has been finally disposed of. Mr. Price has not taken Mr. Bish's bargain off his hands, nor is any portion of that " lucky", Gen tleman's deposit transferred to the credit: of his presumptive suc cessor. The facts are simply these :—Mr. Price was a competitor for the lease when advertised to be parted with, and offered an ad vance of fine pounds beyond the rental paid by Mr. Elliaton. When Mr. fish withdrew from his absurd and lavish contract, the Committee wisely turned their attention to Mr. Price's pro pouts, and committed the establishment they preside over to those liberal and experienced hands by which every true friend to British drams will ultimately find reason, from what is known of the new Manager, to rejoice at having it directed.— Gloucester Herald: ---- ----- RECRUITING EXTRAORDINARY. - -At an early hour on Tuesday, a party of the 66th Regiment of Foot front Hull, marched into Westminster, to relieve the ?arty stationed there, who are forthwith to proceed on the recruiting service to Bristol. The party which had 'been stationed in Westminster, under the command of Serjeant Jones, had, during the last nine months, enlisted between 2 and 300 recruits ; all picked men ; a success which, considering the height of the present standard, which is tire feet eight inches, has never been equalled in the annals of recruiting. The Mitit Regiment, it may recollected, is the same that lately arrived' from the Isle of France, covered with well-earned laurels in the service of their country. II ICI NITY : OF AN F.T.E.c.rott.—The title of elector is useful beyon'l its foreign meaning . An Rnglishinan travelling through Germany, having presented himself at the gate of a German city, was desired in the usual mannner, to describe him self. " I sin," said he, "an elector of Middlesex." The Ger mans, who hold the dignity of elector as next in rank to that of king, and knew little or nothing of the .English titles and rank, immediately opened their gates, and the 'guard turned out, and did him military honours !—.Anwriedn Paper. • Hops =3TI;ALIN4.--The hOrie fair at Winch comb, l on Friday last, drevi tegether several desperate gangs of thoie ruffians, who pursued their " vocation" with. success pro portioned to the depth of their scheme,. and:the hardihood of their , undertaking. An experienced farmer, who had for many years attended fairs, was doomed to be one of their victims--nay, the very first ; for, on pretence of making trial of the paces of the horse on which he rode, he suffered an apparently respectable young man to jump into the saddle, while he took charge of showy, but worthless animal, which was offered him in exchange, when the thief, turning coolly round with "Good bye, farmer !" gallopped off with the prize, and was speedily out of Amongst other horses stolen on this occasion, was a valuable cob, the property of Mr. Croad, of this town, solicitor, who had sent his clerk, Mr. Jones, to the fair, 'for the purpose of selling the animal. He was soon surrounded by a party of fellows, who, as the result proves, were all known to each. other. Every strata gem was subsequently resorted to by some of the villains to have the horse led down to the extremity of a lane to try his paces, but on finding Jones too vigilant to be thus deluded, a feigned .sale was instanter got up between a well-dressed young fellow, who said he " had a tall mare belonging to his sister to dispose of," and one of his colleagues, to carry on the deception, offered 361. for the mare; and the " young farmer," as be affected to be bidding with more confidence for the cob ridden by Jones, which he " wanted for a gig -horse," agreed that the purchaser of his sis ter's mare should hand over that sum to Jones in payment. This Er9l)°,ll wa s acceded to by all .parties ; when they prevailed upon Jones to a ccompany them to . the George Inn; to conclude the sale. - The gentleman purchaSer - haiing obtained permission to ride the cob uitb.the inn; requested Jones to go into the house with his friend; but he refused to let the horse out of his pos session or sight for I moment.; upon ,whieh the supposed pur chaser of the mare, holding out a pocket-book filled with papers resembling bank-notes, as the purchase-money he had agreed to • hand over, induced him to enter the house, on the specious and plausible pretext that it was not prudent to expose so, much mo ney as his pocket 7 book contained in a fair, where so many veryius picious-looking persons were about !" At the same moment an other of the gang offered to take charge of the.horse on which the "purchaser" continued astride. at . the 'door. Having at length in the I itl:l4lbel a l m os t r , d in s t a n t aneo u sly 13 , w a d P r. " mo ter n:; l , he had taken, or whither' h ae ef t e ist re villsin who was to pay over gni hewonee h e i s id ge d eo l nu ed eld, litnhiutsekw:enayovuiitenwttiooh:tait flecuorouh*rsedde across his mind that he had become the dupe of most designing villains, notwithstanding all the precautions he bad used. lie ran back to the inn dour, and found his worst fears realized ; the well dressed and gentlemanly looking " purchaser " had actually ridden off with the horse. He ran after and bad nearly overtaken him, before he had passed the turnpike-gate on the StoW-road, but s o oo so u rg fi e nd l i n n n g , s w u hei ch,:i tml:derobotf,epruirsi:litlfitru,i,ttolhessipsisreilslituttere rese.st:lmarar:lb;id,tot bidding ing s as athirloro l; :urg : h v oces as fttheral a tfoe bo rti: u ehaf t opci set oite pushed mare, in gi:a h rapidir u o n u d pc of h ir: i o m m, s: a l f t" : si joodu gbhby ofba in order to. delay him, but breaking, h tt the stolen .horse anti his rider. At ..the distance of four miles from Vincheoinb, Jones overtook Mr. Smith, surgeon; from Broadway, w pursued the thief, and just as he had seized the bridle and was about 14 r secu re t.ih o l s ) ei bleuthed n e , g factronuondim:Liiiweaah ho m e e ho rse, i m c ritsaie viplire nd olent e a u I :b P " i hue l l lwt and w completely . t° cry y b u l ttd: o t n , raised , Nothingi e fling dtrepattnnitediodyhibmieyhurnedsadueh rec:rdeea;suedtarr:ufriloty,msoani:thedwofshbit:nw,tanoblit;o:huweytffraai:g!innp,i,roerbifte4Vtinilieysthiarloeidiwtneh,e:igib::: of Wineitcomb, ,es . o ac s eoofrowphaticiihednobnye Jones, and nd twoits in view, closely ttl p th u e r y su r ei e l a , ch th ect at w it i e o ir w p o u t z amelFo. e youn w i t i boure it i gs t „ a tSlo ib : : 46l:l f ne e iel: t en mh y tr i ht l in t e e ; Th g a : ei te s de tt fred r: r . l i tet: hte al i tev S m ilte i rn n i nel i fi t ch, : t a : l hr ry% aiti a i t iv l ia c cd as i . eye w , a s a i t itz h o e ,eit o i n i t > opinion v: re o tr f i e e, a t4i 7i t it ar, r e. spe that un less they were determined to risk.thelr, llveS,. they would not at. tern* to enter the. forest,. which . th ert .' ins sVery,reason.to pose there are caverns for the concealment of stolen praperty,—;. Cheltenham Chronicle. 151tritESSI'M moumerAvet. iThe city of Amiens has been witness of one M o n d ie et morning, which inspire at once horror and pity. —ay hie (26th July) about four o'clock i n the bodies were perceived its the little river which. runs above the basin of La lis.utoye, along the marshe s of Renan- OOrt, which were inniediately drawn out of the: water.— ne proved to be that of a female of 35 or 36 years of ate, and the other that of a yo un g girl'of 12 or 13; they ere tied together by the wrists to the two extremities of alribbon of three or four feet long, which appeared to ha served for a child's sash. A little.dianinc. a from the place a atraw hat was discovered suspended to a ,tree, on but h Was found it no te, extremely unconnected .in w cods, affording the citriviction that it was written l'iy t? d it youn oo g 01, and related to . ;he fatal project which appoare so sn tq have been put in ex ecution. A short time- a fterwards the bod of a man of 40 ol• 42 years of age wa s discovered in the R iver Selle, at about A5O feet from the plat 'e whe_re the first two bodies were found? It was 1100 11 WWI " I ' u- that this miserable family had arr'i;ved at Amiens bit t ire!, days previous to the dreadful event, And had beert re leis,7 at the house of &relation of the wife. That on the St tn wi l the father, mother, and daughte r, had g ods out earlyi Mi l l 111!e morning, and it was not known whathadbecome of tha onao'clock the same day. At this t ime they entered aim "" of refreshment at Renancourt, and ordered an °seek& ''', Which they payed for, but did not eat, and while it an ' 1 preparing, the little girl wrote the note found in her hat. • At seven or eight o'clock in the evening they were mortal another tavern in the Faubourg de item, where they ca ll.- ed for a pigeon pate ' but only drank some beer . About, three or four o'clock the next morning they were seen on. the road to Renancourt. The Journal then proceeds to• remark, that the circumstance of the note written by the child does not leave a doubt that she was before-hand acquainted with the project . of her parents, while it de plores the absence of all religious principle, and their in humanity in dooming their child to death, either by ak in advantage of and abusing her attachment for them, or by resorting to violence. l'hiaivent 'has given to rise town infinity of conjectures on the subject, which (as it ge n e rall y happens) have been re-statod is facts; but being in reality but hearsay, sea W.' ) stain frovin repeating them. The same Journal also gives the following information of a Murde.r and a ssassination committed on the 21st of the same month,. at MU SS Y sus Seine. The Sieur afonin (Peter), wine merc hant at . hiusal, was found deat,l in the road of Val Cousat (ChontrY) , with his skull frOotured, and near him a discharged lota and knife covered i., found a woman, • , ith blood ;at a little distance was Ids° pp. naff i t , d Salmon, a tavern-keeper, atMu ss y her dress covered wit. blood, then flowing from several wounds, which she a eared to have receive d from Mo n hl, who it seems had afterwa ids committed suicide.- Jealouty is stated as the cause of t, his dreadful act. The wouro irvive. -Freneit of the woman are five in nn tub er , one extremely dangerous . and it is feared she cannot tn. Pa p er . MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, Mow DAT, Ausua 7. LAt the Court of Comn 114601301 .) R. 'l'. Sterenton, Fetter-lane, 'and cam. len-town, baker R. W. Ward, Whitech a p el and Sladweli williiHneratin t "' 11 , COUNTRY DIARI • . t Bower and Guest, Manchester.r-Star, MA ne hegier ''''''''' 1 W. R. Chadwick and C. Oldharn-r-Whitess 14 / I " cheiter ... 1 1 e, Huddersfield lit J. and W. R. Dobson, Huddersfield--0 011. Galltnnore and Foster, Mancheiter--Star, Man chernler '''''' 41 D. Green, Upton-upon-Severu.-Mr. Bird's,. I ):P tt ' n • '''''''' 4, B Halifax, Gutter-lane--Horse, Norwich. . •••` '''''''''' --- 11 W. Ilarvey, La.unceston—White Hart, Lauuc "ek' n •••• '' 1 J. Homer, Liverpool—George, Liverpool ''''''' • ••• ''' " **** 9 J. Oliver, Manchester—Stu, Manchester ********* •... ......... C. Sheaf, Harrington •rnilll from Lavenders, E weft h a "' " • 11 11 M. Tomlinson, Chester—Feathers, Chester Turner and Gough, Salford—Star, Manchester ''•••••••• 1 ° 4. Wadsworth, Macclesfield—Angel. Maccles fi eld ••• • 1 1 W. Wilkinson, Ulverstort—Mkissrs. Hodgson, Whitehm,...• The manufacture of silk is said to have been inve. rlt i ed by Pamphila, the daughter of Platis, in the isle Cos. It was much valued by the Roman ladies, 3" satirised by - the Latin poets, as having the double CL lity of covering the body, and showing the form. lt was at one period sold for its weight in gold : an d P e. piscus says, that the Emperor Aurelian refused to P! sent a suit of it to his wife, on account of its exc ess° . dearness; and Heliogabalus, who preceded A urslio" by about half' century, is said to hare worn ay ment, made entirely of this material.— Matichestc Guardian. SOUTHALL MARKET. WiPNISDAY, AUG. t.—This day's market bavirji .!'eft): throughout largely supplied, each kind of Fat Stocks alt hougn . buyers were numerous, Was em &ill of sale, at the f o llowiri, j l/ 11° , per stone of Sibs., to sink the offals.—Beef, from 51 * 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4e. Rd. ,; Lamb, 4s. Ott ,sl ' - 110 Veal, .4s. od.. to ss. Oti. ; and Pork, Si. 10d. to 4s. 10d. 4 4 • foregoing qnotations are, Beef from td. to 44., and taTilmot pee stone beneath those of this day se'nnight ; in prices 0 ' , die ton, Veal, anti Pork, no alteration. A great proportion 0 I supply left the market unsold. STEYNING MARKET. AA, MoN nay, JULY' St.—Beef produced from 44. Od. to v e er, Mutton, .tm. to 4s. Sd. ; Lamb, Ai. 4d. to 5...114,; • 4.. 6d. to bs. 0(1. per atone. An average supply, and a ''- trade. ARUNDEL MARKET. 4s . TUZSDAY, Atm, I.—Beef, from Ss. 10d. to Du ton, 4s. Od. to 41 Bd. ; Lamb, 4a. 4d. to bs. Od. ; 4a. 4d. to 4s. 10d. per *tone. A moderate supplY , trade. CHICHESTER MARICET. Ad . o °' WICDIMIOAIt, AUG. 2 .--beef from Si. to 41. " ; ton, Si. Sd. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb, 4s. 6d. to 41' 10 tb u P P Veal, 4s. 4d. to As. ner stone. In Lean. SLoawboie,dult" was doing. Supply t olerab ly good, and trade, In BIRH. On the Id inst., at Maresfield, T the lady of William PO' of a son. MARRIED. ---- v i m i'r..lo On the ,11.1 inst., at St. Giles's, James Ile/woof,' the 21st Light Dragoons, to Amelia Lucy, daUghter - Brett* Ea' al., of Caroline -street, Bedford-414re. .„_„ 11 On the 34 inst., at St. Gfies's-in-the-Fields, by the the tE•ork Hale, Vicar of Messing, and Domestic Chaplain to Verulam, Charles Frederick Cock, Esq to Jane Iferriotfostor daughter of the late R e v. W. Whitchur . eh, of Silche•t er ' shire. VW`' On the td inst., at St. Martin's-in-tho.Fiekle, 4 10 1.n t , t er F-14 eau: .) of Aberdeen, to Harriet Grace, Wood Mr. flagon, of Adam-street, Adalphi. n PO jtr f On the 2d inst., at Mortlake, Surrey, by the Bev. - r ; do t sop well, Canon of Christchurch, John Burton Philip* , o ".lo o A ' r e John Philip., Esq., of Huth Hen* Stefortishire7 - o iP`r Freeman Cure, daughter of the late Capel E g T I . Me l. Hall, Essex. t he 110 tv , " On the id at St. Mary's, C o lchester, isY t co p Cooke, the Rev. James Worthen% Hitch. °` titer - lege' Cambridge' to Elintheth Dreams, elatot Henry Erringten, B oth o f t h e oat i n , , near 0.0 DIED. o f tlss On the Slat ult., at Beth, Mr- Edward of Adamtous Bell, and Co., of Bread-street, t $ On 'Wednesday morni ng , his h South-atilt at ouse in lingering illness, the Earl of Winchelsea, K.O. On the Slat ult., at his residence in Norfolk4 lB4 l ls o ll, in the Bba t yo g i o f I l i a age,Crickrell, O.L.S°, le sel jr On the 28th ult., Miss JO= Barr, King's-roed: 0 / On the 2d inst., in ber 66th year, Sarah Walker' Surrey' t, .14tharl Bart" Esq., of Upper Kennington-green, „ t he 4 a 7 io On the 31st' ult., at Cheltenham' Ufa det4ine, ';',4„tool year o f hi s age , J o h n T u rner Whieldon, Esq., late the. County of Stefrorl, P riutod cud Publis64 IYCOSIO, tlA't f4O. ts; staid. r;